The Board has reopened the previously denied claim of service connection for residuals of a back injury and granted it. The Veteran's tinnitus is associated with exposure to excessive noise during active duty, and his PTSD is currently rated at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: New evidence provided by a private medical professional established a possible relationship between the Veteran's diagnosed back disability and his active service, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating this issue. The audiologist concluded that the Veteran's current tinnitus was not related to military noise exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, tinnitus, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1011957
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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